Will Amber Heard escape to her secret desert hideout home? During her trial against Johnny Depp, she skipped glamorous LA mansions for a sleepy Yucca Valley, California property – take a peek inside

The Depp vs Heard defamation trial captured the attention of the world as shock details about Amber Heard and Johnny Depp’s relationship were revealed in court. Much of the trial has focused on money: the loss of it, the spending of it and, for people watching, the wonder of how the couple spent so much of it in such a short time.

And while most of the attention has been focused on Depp and how he lost his fortune, Heard shared a revelation that deserves attention too. At the start of her opening testimony, she confirmed that she lived in Yucca Valley, California. Not in a luxury mansion or million-dollar villa, but instead a desert home with arid surroundings, no malls nearby and a tiny population.

Dirt.com reported that Heard’s name does not appear on the deed of the house, but that the property was bought through a trust with links to Heard. The 2.4-hectare (six-acre) estate, which was built in 2015, was bought in 2019 for US$570,000. Marketplace reported that the coronavirus pandemic resulted in California desert homes skyrocketing. The publication explained that desert homes have increased in value partly because of people’s ability to work remotely.